re: Every single retailer begging for money at checkout

If I weren’t spending $75,000 a year in income, payroll, property and sales tax so people can have made up jobs I might be more inclined to give to fake charities.

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I asked the priest if they using my money to feed illegals crossing the border. He told me when that money went into the basket it was no longer mine. I made sure that my money never went into that basket again.

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That's about the dumbest thing that priest could've said. Bad for business.

Doesn't some of the fine print say the business is going to donate up to $250k or some cap to the charity? Looks as if the consumer is just paying the business back. Probably goes to their general fund or the stores Christmas party fund for cookies in the break room.

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Hope that helps stop this disinformation every time this topic comes up.

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My assumption was always that someone high up was on the board or payroll of the non profit.

Sucks you have to question whether altruistic organizations are truly altruistic or just capitalistic.

I work with non profits as a huge portion of my job. I am not a customer service rep (I'm in IT) so don't talk to them real often but when I do, I always try to learn about the different organizations and try to judge whether the people working for the organization are passionate about what they're doing or if they're just taking a paycheck.

Talking to the president of my company, I asked how he decides which charities to donate to. I asked about overhead metrics, or impact or if he has favorite causes. He said he looks for those as red flags but doesn't necessarily disqualify based on hard set numbers. In order for a charity to impact a high number of people, they're always going to have overhead because the smart people that can do that sort of thing cost money and sometimes it's necessary. He looked for the impact the organization is having and specifically how they are helping their cause.

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So they can write off your hard earned money as a donation

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Yall need to stop with this shite.

That money is not income. There is no deduction to be had. I don't know the exact accounting but I'm assuming it's something like

Dr. Restr Cash
Cr. Donation Account Payable

Then once the donation paid the balances offset.

There's no taxable event. It's essentially an escrow service for random folks.

Even if it was, there are limits to charitable deductions. Just for simplicity's sake, let's say 10% of taxable income (this changes). So if they had donations of $400M throughout the year, and their net income was $780M, they could only deduct $78M of that. But that's moot, because that is not the way it works.

don’t confuse them with facts. It gives them a headache.

I always give a few bucks at checkout at pestsmart for shelter animals. And no, they don’t “write it off”

I ask the cashier for a receipt showing my contribution to their charity of the week. I usually get a lost look. Works well for me.

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I am also tired of the corporate bumming.

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I pay my Entergy bill online and every month they ask for a donation. I am not against donating to a worthy cause but I sure as hell do not need a utility company, especially Entergy, to do it for me. I trust them with my money about like I trust Hunter Biden to pass up a crack house.

Preach.

Just finished complaining about this yesterday.

No cocksucker, I won’t donate so you can save on your taxes. frick you.

I do the round ups for charities because I also have an Acorns account that does whole dollar roundups. So a little change for the charity and a dollar in an investment account.